Spastic paraplegia mutation N256S in the neuronal microtubule motor KIF5A disrupts axonal transport in a Drosophila HSP model.
Spastic paraplegia mutation N256S in the neuronal microtubule motor KIF5A disrupts axonal transport in a Drosophila HSP model.
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DOI:
10.1371/journal.pgen.1003066
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发表时间:
2012
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影响因子:
4.5
通讯作者:
Rasse TM
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作者:
Füger P;Sreekumar V;Schüle R;Kern JV;Stanchev DT;Schneider CD;Karle KN;Daub KJ;Siegert VK;Flötenmeyer M;Schwarz H;Schöls L;Rasse TM
Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs) comprise a group of genetically heterogeneous neurodegenerative disorders characterized by spastic weakness of the lower extremities. We have generated a Drosophila model for HSP type 10 (SPG10), caused by mutations in KIF5A. KIF5A encodes the heavy chain of kinesin-1, a neuronal microtubule motor. Our results imply that SPG10 is not caused by haploinsufficiency but by the loss of endogenous kinesin-1 function due to a selective dominant-negative action of mutant KIF5A on kinesin-1 complexes. We have not found any evidence for an additional, more generalized toxicity of mutant Kinesin heavy chain (Khc) or the affected kinesin-1 complexes. Ectopic expression of Drosophila Khc carrying a human SPG10-associated mutation (N256S) is sufficient to disturb axonal transport and to induce motoneuron disease in Drosophila. Neurofilaments, which have been recently implicated in SPG10 disease manifestation, are absent in arthropods. Impairments in the transport of kinesin-1 cargos different from neurofilaments are thus sufficient to cause HSP–like pathological changes such as axonal swellings, altered structure and function of synapses, behavioral deficits, and increased mortality. Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs) comprise a group of inherited neurological diseases. The main feature of HSP is progressive stiffness of the lower limbs due to a dysfunction of nerve cells. We study HSP type 10, which is caused by mutations in the neuronal motor protein KIF5A. HSP type 10 is inherited in an autosomal-dominant manner, which means that patients have a normal and a mutated copy of the KIF5A gene. KIF5A plays an important role in neuronal function: it transports cargos to the synapse that can be up to 1 m from the cell body. We use the fruit fly as a model to investigate the role of mutations in KIF5A. Our fly model replicates a central feature of HSP: muscles that are activated by nerve cells that have long cellular processes are more severely impaired. We now address why one mutated copy of KIF5A is sufficient to cause HSP. To date, it has been thought that patients might have HSP because they have insufficient functional KIF5A or because mutated KIF5A disturbs the function of normal KIF5A. We provide evidence for the latter possibility.
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